Editing AM General (section)

== Products ==
=== Jeep Dispatcher 100 ===
[[File:Jeep-dj5.jpg|thumb|A 1975 AM General RWD postal delivery van]]
Another familiar product from the AM General line was the [[Jeep DJ]]-5 series—a purpose-built "Dispatch Jeep" 2-wheel drive (RWD) version of the [[Jeep CJ-5]]—used in huge numbers as a right-hand drive mail delivery vehicle by the [[United States Postal Service]].

=== Buses ===
[[File:Portland AM General bus in 1984.jpg|thumb|A 1976 AM General bus of Tri-Met, in Portland, Oregon, with an AM General logo on the front]]

The [[AM General Metropolitan]] [[transit bus|bus]]es were manufactured for city transit use from 1974 until 1979, producing a total of 5,431 buses, including 219 [[trolleybus|electric trolley bus]]es.<ref name="Stauss">{{cite book|last=Stauss |first=Ed |year=1988 | title=The Bus World Encyclopedia of Buses |pages=20–22, 116–117 |publisher=Stauss Publications |isbn=978-0-9619830-0-0}}</ref> The Metropolitan was built under a 1971 agreement with [[New Flyer Industries|Flyer Industries]] of [[Winnipeg]], Manitoba. AM General licensed the rights to build and market the [[Western Flyer D700]] for the US market. The D700 itself was similar in design to the contemporaneous [[GM New Look bus]]es.<ref name=CC-AMG/>

The front end of the D700 was restyled, and thus the resulting Metropolitan was not simply a Flyer design built under license but rather a jointly designed vehicle. Flyer later adopted the design changes for its own line as the [[Flyer 700/800/900 series|models D800 and E800]].<ref name="Stauss" /> Buses were built in lengths of either {{convert|35|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} or {{convert|40|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}, and widths of {{convert|96|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} or {{convert|102|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name=CC-AMG>{{cite web |url=http://www.curbsideclassic.com/bus-stop-classic/bus-stop-classic-flxible-and-am-general-new-look-buses-playing-second-fiddle-to-gm/ |title=Bus Stop Classic: Flxible and AM General New Look Buses – Playing Second Fiddle to GM |author=Brophy, Jim |date=March 12, 2016 |publisher=Curbside Classic |access-date=28 January 2019}}</ref>

The model numbers reflected the chosen dimensions. For example, model "10240" indicated a 102-inch wide, 40-foot long bus. Suffixes "A" or "B" were used for later models to indicate certain options. In total, 3,571 40-foot diesel buses and 1,641 35-foot diesel buses were produced.<ref name="Stauss"/>

=== Articulated buses ===
[[File:Seattle 1979 MAN articulated bus on Lenora St in 1994.jpg|thumb|A [[MAN Truck & Bus|MAN]] [[articulated bus]] in Seattle that was completed by AM General]]

In 1977–1979, AM General worked under a partnership with [[MAN Truck & Bus|MAN]] of Germany to build [[MAN SG 220|SG 220]] [[articulated bus]]es for US transit systems. MAN fabricated the bodyshells in Germany and shipped them to the US for AM General for final assembly.<ref name="mca-feb85">{{cite journal|title=AM General Corporation (history of) |journal=Motor Coach Age |date=February 1985 |pages=3–18 |issn=0739-117X }}</ref> Two different lengths were offered, {{convert|55|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} and {{convert|60|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}. 93 buses were built to the shorter length and the rest were 60&nbsp;feet long. In October 1978,<ref name="mca-feb85"/> the company discontinued bus production, with the last unit completed in March 1979.<ref name="Stauss"/> The total number built was just under 400 (392<ref name="mca-feb85"/> or 399<ref name="Stauss"/>), the largest group being 150 for Seattle's [[King County Metro|Metro Transit]].<ref name="Stauss"/> MAN subsequently set up its own factory for US production in [[Cleveland, North Carolina]].<ref name="Stauss"/>

=== Trolleybuses ===
Production of complete [[motor bus]]es (and of any two-axle motor buses) ended in 1978. Aside from the fitting-out of the last articulated MAN shells, the only production in 1979 was two batches of [[trolleybus]]es, the only such vehicles ever built by the company.<ref name="Murray">{{cite book|last=Murray |first=Alan |year=2000 |title=World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia |publisher=Trolleybooks |isbn= 978-0-904235-18-0 }}</ref> These were all {{convert|40|ft|m|1|adj=on}} vehicles, model 10240T: 110 trackless trolleys for the [[Trolleybuses in Philadelphia|Philadelphia trolleybus system]], operated by [[SEPTA]], and 109 for the [[Trolleybuses in Seattle|Seattle trolleybus system]], operated by [[King County Metro|Metro Transit]], now King County Metro. One of the latter has been preserved since its retirement in 2003 by King County Metro (see [[King County Metro fleet]]).